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Johnny Rivers

1942 - Today

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Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is a retired American musician. He achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known for his 1960s output, having popularized the mid-60s discotheque scene through his live rock and roll recordings at Los Angeles' Whiskey a Go Go nightclub, and later shifting to a more orchestral, soul-oriented sound during the latter half of the decade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Rivers has received more than 2,128,208 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Johnny Rivers is the 1,308th most popular singer (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 7,041st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,890th in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Singer.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Johnny Rivers ranks 1,308 out of 3,528Before him are Namie Amuro, Maya Kristalinskaya, Skeeter Davis, André Hazes, Helen Shapiro, and Tego Calderón. After him are Katie Melua, Sheila E., Omar Souleyman, Imogen Heap, Hironobu Kageyama, and Richard Bona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Johnny Rivers ranks 459Before him are Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Kenneth Lay, Mimis Domazos, Bob Einstein, Susan Anspach, and Valdis Birkavs. After him are Michael Ogio, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Laila Freivalds, Jeetendra, Egil Olsen, and Antonio Martino.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Rivers ranks 7,041 out of 18,182Before him are Dan Schneider (1966), Robben Ford (1951), Fred Hansen (1940), Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831), Dominic Sena (1949), and Patton Oswalt (1969). After him are Ernest Lehman (1915), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Robert Lowell (1917), Kyle Gass (1960), John Ratzenberger (1947), and Sheila E. (1957).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Johnny Rivers ranks 345Before him are Tina Weymouth (1950), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Junior Wells (1934), Betty Carter (1929), Leonard Warren (1911), and Skeeter Davis (1931). After him are Sheila E. (1957), Randy Meisner (1946), Anita Bryant (1940), Conway Twitty (1933), Bobby Vee (1943), and Gloria Jones (1945).